Cilantro Salad

Name: Cilantro Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 cup / 240 ml sunflower oil; 1 cup / 3.5 oz / 100g evenly sliced shallots, ~20 small; 6 ounces / 170 g asparagus spears, very thinly sliced (optional); 1 bunch of cilantro with stems; 1 teaspoon shoyu / soy sauce; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1/2 teaspoon sea salt; 1/2 cup / 2 ounces peanuts, well-toasted, then cooled; 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds; to serve: herb flowers (garlic chive flowers, chive flowers, etc), optional

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:20min

The best salad I've had in the past year was a cilantro salad. Meaning, no other lettuces. None. Unless you absolutely loathe cilantro, you 100% must try it. It is made with cilantro leaves and stems tossed with a simple shallot-forward soy sauce dressing, plus peanuts. I’ll often add asparagus.

Updated at: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:06:17 GMT